Those who know where it will happen and when are not saying. Those who speculate don’t know. But from the top of the military apparatus to the men and women on the front lines, everyone says a Ukrainian counteroffensive is coming. President Zelensky wants to capitalise on high morale after his army’s successes of late last year and exploit western enthusiasm to send arms.
Across the long front lines of the war, the guns are starting to fall silent. But that does not mean there is peace. “The pace of shelling has lowered dramatically over the last two months,” said Lientenant Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesman for the Ukrainian army’s southern command. “They are down to 200 to 300 shells per day from 2,000 to 3,000, just on the Kherson front.”
